Editing Tigray Region (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
[[File:Hijra Abyssinia (Rashid ad-Din).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The king of [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]] refusing a request from pagan Meccans for Muslims [[Muhammad]] had sent there as refugees (1314 artwork).]]

With 96.6% of the local population, the region is predominantly inhabited by the [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]-speaking [[Tigrayans|Tigrayan people]]. The Tigrinya language belongs to the [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] branch of the [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] family of languages. Most other residents hail from other [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]-speaking communities, including the [[Amhara people|Amhara]], [[Irob people|Irob]], [[Afar people|Afar]], [[Agaw people|Agaw]] and [[Oromo people|Oromo]]. Partly assimilated Oromo live in remoter villages in [[Raya Azebo]] and [[Alamata (woreda)]], whereas there are Agaw in [[Abergele (woreda)]]. There are also [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]-speaking [[Kunama people|Kunama]] as well.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="1" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="1" | 1994 Census
! colspan="1" | 2007 Census <ref name="Census07">{{cite web|title=Population and Housing Census 2007|url=http://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Population-and-Housing-Census-2007-National_Statistical.pdf|publisher=Central Statistics Agency|access-date=7 September 2019|page=74|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203232348/http://www.statsethiopia.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Population-and-Housing-Census-2007-National_Statistical.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|-
| align="left"|[[Tigrayan]]
| 95.0%
| 96.6%
|-
| align="left"|[[Amhara people|Amhara]]
| 2.6%
| 1.6%
|-
| align="left"|[[Irob people|Irob]]
| 0.7%
| 0.7%
|-
| align="left"|[[Afar people|Afar]]
| –
| 0.3%
|-
| align="left"|[[Agaw people|Agaw]]
| –
| 0.2%
|-
| align="left"|[[Oromo people|Oromo]]
| –
| 0.2%
|-
| align="left"|[[Kunama people|Kunama]]
| 0.1%
| 0.1%
|}